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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 4% of Fairfield County’s school districts student body in 2022-23 school year

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OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education

OH Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Christopher Woolard 2023 | Ohio Department of Education

There were 1,018 Hispanic students enrolled in Fairfield County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 10.2% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Fairfield County school districts welcomed 25,439 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 4% of the student body to be the forth most represented ethnicity in the county's school districts.

Among the eight school districts in Fairfield County, Pickerington Local Schools recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 715 students.

The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Fairfield County.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

Ethnicities in Fairfield County in 2022-23 School Year

Non-Hispanic White 71%Non-Hispanic Black 15%Ethnicities <5% 8%Multiracial 6%

Hispanic Enrollment in Fairfield County During 2022-23 School Year

District% of Hispanic studentsTotal enrollment
Pickerington Local Schools6.5%11,014
Lancaster City2.8%6,239
Liberty Union-Thurston Local Schools2.1%1,187
Bloom-Carroll Local Schools1.9%2,250
Amanda-Clearcreek Local Schools1.5%1,518
Fairfield Union Local Schools1.3%1,905
Berne Union Local Schools1.2%829
Walnut Township Local Schools0%497

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